Article carrier



Dec. 1, 1953' E. L. ARNESON 2,661,140

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Aug. 4, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

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ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Aug. 4, 1 51 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Dec. 1, 1953 ARTICIJE CARRIER i Edwin L. .Arneson, Morris,Ill.,; assignonto lMorrisn. PaperQMilIsL Chicago, IllQIXa incorporationof";

Illinois The. present invention relatesrtorimprovementsr.

insa fiexiblepaperboard carrier. forcbottleseand other articles oflike;sizesandlshape. Morelpeurr.v ticularly, the invention bears=onv-a-partitioned or;

cellular carrier 1f eaturing :a longitudinal and; cross v partitionstructure of improved characterv It :is an iobject'of theinventioni-toprovide-an.

articleacarriersof the foregoing general descrip tion, characterized byopposed: pairsgorside andz end i wa-1ls,xa .mul-t'r-ply longitudinalczsuspending and partition: panel disposed? medially. betweenand'parallel toitheside Walls; and'a cross partie tion. structure of:in1p1 f0ved;:sort. constituted by a set of panel elementshingedlyarticulated to one another "in longitudinally extending order:and 1a further set ofzpartition panel elements -which are 1 hingedlyjoined ,toione of thevpanelzelements of saidseries in atransverselwextending. order.

A further object of 4 the invention'is to provide:

a simple paperboard article carrierlofzithetyped described comprising amulti-ply longitudinal partition and suspending. member having a pairof: cross; .partitionv.panel. elements; integrally hingedaitheretoionxavertically "extendingsfold lline:

terminatingtat theclower margin vof twol'ofr'the. plies 1 of J thepartition? member; which panel :e1e-; ments are otherwise freed. fromthe partition to:

enablejtheirzswingings to a. right. angleiothev latter, and further sets'-'.of cross partition, panel.

elements integrally hinged. to .the samerespective pliesof "the'-longitudinal partition member; on .v

fold lines coinciding with the bottomnmargin;

thereof, one of the panel elements of' each set 4 being integrallyhinged to another: for .folding.

into juxtaposed;racer-contacting and adhesively.

secured relation thereto; the". integrally hinged". panel elements-beingadapted- 130 extend between the-cross partition member and a" sideWall-of the H carrier, being adhesively'secured'tothe respec-- tive sidewalls to subdivide the space on one side Yet another: object is to"provide 'a flexible-' 1 paperboard'blank for an improved articlecarrierw ofthe' abovedescription. v

'Iheiforegoing' statements: are indicativein -a general wayof="the-nature'-of the inventionz Other. .andt-more specificobjectslwill benapparentlm tothose skilled in therart uponia full.understand-.,. ing; v of: the constructions and operationllof the. .7devicez;

A single, embodiment or the invention is, prev: sented herein for:purpose .of: illustration; and it 4 willebe appreciated-that. theinventiontnray.be incorporatedvin 'othenmodified forms coming;- equa ywithin sthe, soopeeof therappended claims In .thedrawings:

Fig l is la top ypland-view-oi a flexible papery board blank employed inthe manuiacture of .thec; improved vcarrier Fig-gglA" is a fragmentaryplan r-view t illustrating a portion of the blankrofiFiei l followingprelimi:-'- nary gluing. and folding op erations;

Fig.5. 2 is planvviev lpartiailyfiroken"away showing the"; carrierafter. :anothen operation 111m the manufacturathereof Figi ZAwis, afragmentary;p lan-=view oshowingn therxcarrier following; yeti-another:step ,innthe: manuiacturezthereof Fig. .13 is :aiplanxview {0f thelcarrierein -.its.1com-- pleted, knock-downnondition;

Figti'isia side elevational-rviewworthe carrienv in completed anderected condition;;..:

Fi'ge is :azyiew"ins-horizontal section along .a lineucorresponding: toline;5T-'5 [or vfifigis 14; further illustrating: detailslzof structureandtthe relation-i shiploilthecarrier lparts'rand Fig 6' is ayieacrinztransrerse vertical-section 7 w along alineicorrespnndingnto'iine"6%6of1Fig.25.

Reier ringlto Fig; .l of rthez;.drawings the "refer? encennumeral J'g'enerallyi designates sa flexible} paperboard blanhifromewhichtheimproved bottle? carrier *is fabricate 1 Thiszlblankzis symmetrical;about 'a mediahlongitudinallyextending line H; except for a bottomforming section iz integrally attached to one"edge-of the blank;Accordingly, only'the partsonon-eside' of the medial line I will bedescribed,'ontheunderstanding that similarlparts and relationships of"parts that are on: oppositelsidesofltheglineare designated by similarreference.numerals,-

Blamed dincludes.rectangnlar sidemallrpanels l 2 definedbyparallelK136981865:- l 3 4 3 and the bots tomformingsecticnis hingedly-joinedhya crease. I5 to1-one1side ofione'iofvthe sidewall panels. l2.--- Amedialnrease; t6 :subdi-vides :the bottcmisection intottwoclikes.portions; and :a glue: daps is hinged byaiurthencrease l irontolrtheioutermost'portionr. I theg-luelanbeingrdesignatedilfii;

The crease; Mihinges :an .edge wall-ipanell if! B to; 1

1: onexendmfiside: wallr-pane-l l 2;; andiau longitudinal a 3 partitionforming panel or flap is conjoined to end wall panel l9 by the crease2|.

The opposite end of side wall panel |2 has an end wall panel 22integrally hinged thereto by the crease l3. End wall panel in turn hashinged thereto, by means of a transversely extending crease 23, thepartition forming unit 24 with which the provisions of the presentinvention are primarily concerned. Crease 23 extends the entire width ofthe blank HI and a handle panel is integrally hinged to the unit 24 bythe crease 23. Panel 25 is freed for movement relative to side and endwall panels I2, 22 by means of a shaped slit 26. The panel 25 isprovided with hand holes 21 of well known type, and the respectivepanels 25 are integrally hinged to one another by a longitudinallyextending crease 28 at medial line H of the blank.

Similarly, the partition units 24 are integrally hinged together by anextension of crease 28 which is designated 28', the left hand end ofthis crease extension terminating in an elongated, longitudinallyextending slot 29 to facilitate bending of the material of the blank inthis zone. At the opposite end of the blank, the longitudinal partitionflaps 20 are integrally hinged to one another by a relatively shortcrease 30 which, along with creases 28, 28 and slot 29, coincide withthe medial line H, and with the top of the top margin of the suspendingmember of the carrier in the completed condition of the latter.

As indicated above, the invention primarily deals with the manner inwhich a longitudinal and cross partition structure to subdivide theinterior of the carrier into equal sized cellsis provided by the units24. To this end, each unit is cut inwardly from its left hand edge bymeans of a slit 3| which is located about midway of the verticaldimension of a main, longitudinal partition panel 32 of unit 24. Acrease 33 at 90 to slit 3| defines a partition panel element 34 which isfreed from panel 32 for bending at a right angle thereto. Panel element34 carries a narrow glue lap 35, hinged thereto by crease 34'.

A second cross partition defining unit includes a panel 36 integrallyhinged to the bottom margin of longitudinal partition panel 32 by meansof a crease 31. Panel member 36 in turn has a cross partition panelelement 38 integrally hinged thereto by crease 39, the element 38 beingseparated from the partition panel 32 by means of a slit 43 coincidingwith the bottom margin of the latter. It is thus seen that the lastdescribed unit is swingable about crease 31 into face-to-face relationto panel 32, its panel element 38 being then swingable about crease 39into right angular relation to panel 32, while panel element 34 issimilarly swingable about crease 34 to a like relationship. Member 38carries a narrow glue lap 4| integrally hinged thereto by a crease 42.Like panel 25, the longitudinal partition panel 32 is provided with handholdopenings 43 of a well known type.

In completing the carrier from the blank illustrated in Fig. 1, the unitincluding panel 36 and attached cross partition panel element 38 arefirst swung upwardly, inwardly and downwardly about crease 31 andadhered by previously applied adhesive on member 36, indicated bystippling in Fig. l, in face-to-face engagement with panel 32. Thisleaves the blank in the condition illustrated in Fig. 1A, in which it isseen that the glue lap 4| of member 38 is lapped over onto the body ofthe member 34. Next, adhesive is applied to the exposed surfaces of gluelaps 35, 4|, as well as to the portion of the longitudinal partitionpanel 32 above the slit 3|, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 1A. Thepartition units 24 are then folded bodily upwardly, inwardly anddownwardly about crease 23, causing the glue laps 35, 4| to be adheredto the side wall panel |2 in spaced relation to one another, and thepanel 25 to adhere to panel 32 in the zone of the hand holes 21, 43.This leaves the blank in the condition shown in Fig. 2. Further adhesiveis next applied to the exposed surface of the panel 32, as shown instippling in Fig. 2, and the end wall panel H) and its longitudinalpartition flap 2|! are then folded upwardly, inwardly, and downwardlyabout crease l4, causing the flap 20 to be adhered to the glued portionof panel 32 and leaving the blank in the condition shown in Fig. 2A. Thearticle is completed by applying adhesive to the exposed surface of oneof the panels 32 and partition flaps 20, shown stippled in Fig. 2A. alsoto the bottom section glue lap I8, and by successively folding the twosections of the blank onto one another above medial line N, then thebottom section about its medial crease Hi. This completes the carrier inits knock-down condition shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings, it is seen that theinvention provides a carrier having full depth bottle protection alongits longitudinal medial partition 32, 20, also full depth protection atthe transverse partition which are constituted by panel elements 34 and38. The latter are both integrally hinged to panel 32. The carrier issturdy, is fabricated from a blank of minimum size, and is well adaptedfor production on existing gluing and folding machinery.

I claim:

1. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock andcomprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extendingbetween said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed mediallybetween said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, saidpartition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a crosspartition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hingelocated in inwardly spaced relation to an end thereof, which partitionelement is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a further crosspartition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin of thelongitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unitincluding a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge tosaid longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relationthereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by avertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedlysecured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named crosspartition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of saidlongitudinal partition panel.

2. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock andcomprising opposed pairs of side and end Walls, a bottom extendingbetween said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed mediallybetween said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, saidpartition extending downwardly substantially to the plane of the bottommargin of the walls, said partition comprising a longitudinallyextending panel having a cross partition element connected there to onan integral vertical hinge located in inwardly spaced relation to an endthereof, which partition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, anda further cross partition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin ofthe longitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unitincluding a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge tosaid longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face-to-face relationthereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by avertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedlysecured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named crosspartition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of saidlongitudinal partition panel.

3. A flexible paperboard article carrier blank comprising hingedlyconnected side and end wall panels, a longitudinal partition panelintegrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end of an end wall panel,a first cross partition element integrally hinged by a vertical creaseto said partition panel, a panel element integrally hinged by alongitudinal crease to said longitudinal partition panel and adapted tobe folded into sideby-side relation to the latter, and a second crosspartition element integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an endmargin of said panel element and separated by a cut from saidlongitudinal partition panel, said first and second cross partitionpanel elements being adapted to be hingedly secured to a side wall atthe ends thereof opposite said integral hinges thereof.

4. A flexible paperboard article carrier blank comprising hingedlyconnected side and end wall Panels, a longitudinal partition panelintegrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end of an end wall panel,a first cross partition element integrally hinged by a vertical creaseto said partition panel, a panel element integrally hinged by alongitudinal crease to a bottom forming margin of said longitudinalpartition panel and adapted to be folded inwardly and upwardly intoside-by-side relation to the latter, and a second cross partitionelement integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end margin ofsaid panel element and separated by a cut from said bottom margin ofsaid longitudinal partition panel, said first and second cross partitionpanel elements being adapted to be hingedly secured to a side wall atthe ends thereof opposite said integral hinges thereof.

5. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock andcomprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extendingbetween said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed mediallybetween said side walls and hinged to one of said end Walls, saidpartition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a crosspartition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hinge, whichpartition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a furthercross partition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin of thelongitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unitincluding a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge tosaid longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relationthereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by avertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedlysecured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named crosspartition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of saidlongitudinal partition panel.

6. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock andcomprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extendingbetween said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed mediallybetween said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, saidpartition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a crosspartition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hinge, whichpartition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a furthercross partition unit integrally hinged to a longitudinal margin of thelongitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unitincluding a panel element folded about said hinge relative to saidlongitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relationthereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by avertical crease to said folded panel element and hingedly secured at itsopposite end to said side wall, said last named cross partition panelbeing separated by a cut from the margin of said longitudinal partitionpanel to which said cross partition is hinged.

EDWIN L. ARNESON.

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